Please help. I have been a mother of gifted children for the last 21 years. I am also an educator and recently started teaching again after time off raising these kids. We moved to our current location 11 years ago. A 1a sized school district. I spent 6 years fighting for a gifted program and they finally hired a gifted coordinator. After 5 years she moved from the area.
In the mean time, I have taken all the classes my state requires to become endorsed in gifted education, so I applied for the job. The women that was hired has no experience in gifted education and is actually endorsed in special ed. The district administrator who oversees the program(one of the 4 principals) also does not understand gifted students. They are both planning on trying to get rid of advanced classes in the high school and telling them they will need to go to a governor school 50 minutes away to get these classes. The leaving time conflicts with an early morning religion class for my children so that is not an option. Not sure what will happen with the younger children (my youngest is in 5th grade).
I got another job with the district, so it is not a personal issue that way, but I know a great deal about gifted children and I worry that they will not receive what they need in school. I am at the point where I just want to quit advocating and just supplement at home. I am worn out.
Any ideas?
